Because this person had a patch of charred skin on his neck, just like the one on the charred corpse!

Zhang Han was in the same situation before. Although Qin Bai saved him, the charred skin on his body could not be restored.

But why does this person also have the same charred skin?

"Wait, the neck area should be more noticeable, why didn't I see it during the day?"

Qin Bai was somewhat puzzled, but that didn't stop him from pulling out his broadsword and chopping off his head.

There was no other way; to prevent corpses from turning into frozen or charred remains, beheading had now become Qin Bai's instinct.

However, as soon as he chopped off the head, Qin Bai noticed that the corpse in front of him had instantly changed, turning into a charred corpse.

"What's going on? Are all the people in this village charred corpses?"

Upon realizing this, Qin Bai immediately felt uneasy.

He grabbed the broadsword and ran outside. It was pitch black and very quiet outside, as if nothing had happened.

Qin Bai frowned slightly. He thought everyone had been attacked, but now it seemed that he was the only one who had been attacked.

There's clearly something wrong with this village, and staying here will only make things more dangerous, so Qin Bai would rather leave under the cover of night.

So he took out a flashlight and went to where Zeng Qiangguo was.

It's very simple. Zeng Qiangguo and Qi Zhenlong are together. If we find them, it's like having two helpers.

As for Wu Ming, he lives with his wife and daughter, so he's not the most suitable candidate.

"Old Zeng? Little Qi?"

Qin Bai knocked on the door and called out a few times, but strangely, there was no response from inside.

Qin Bai sensed something was wrong, but breaking down the door at this moment would definitely make a loud noise.

So he simply placed his hand on it, pulled the door into the space, and went inside.

He assumed the two were fast asleep, but when he went inside, it was empty.

"Um?"

Qin Bai was taken aback. Nobody was there?

He immediately went to Wu Ming's place, but there was still no one there.

He finally realized something was wrong; if only one person was absent, it could still be explained.

But if none of them are there, then there must be a big problem.

"No wonder the village is so quiet; they've all disappeared."

Qin Bai murmured.

At first, he didn't think much of it, but now the situation has forced him to think more.

With so many people disappearing at the same time, Qin Bai couldn't fathom what had happened.

If it were just that person's skill level, Lao Zeng and the others should have been able to handle him.

Just as Qin Bai was pondering what to do, he suddenly sensed something was wrong; it seemed as if something was watching him from the shadows.

He shone the flashlight in that direction, but there was nothing there.

Is playing like this really fun?

Qin Bai sneered, and the next second, more than a dozen high-powered searchlights appeared around him.

You should know that these are the kinds of things you only use on construction sites.

Snap snap snap snap...

As each switch was turned on, the high-powered beams of the searchlights illuminated the entire village as if it were daytime, making everything clearly visible.

Now, Qin Bai finally saw it: a large number of charred corpses were hiding nearby. Judging from their appearance, they seemed to have their own intelligence and knew to cover their eyes.

"Since you have wisdom, I wonder if anyone can come out and talk to me about what you've done to my companions?"

Even when faced with so many charred corpses, Qin Bai remained calm.

After a while, the charred corpses seemed to have barely adapted to the glaring light, but they still couldn't look directly at Qin Bai, since the high-powered searchlights could really blind them.

Just then, a charred corpse walked over and uttered a hoarse voice: "Qin Bai, turn off the lights!"

Qin Bai smirked: "Oh, you even know my name. Looks like you already know quite a bit, villagers."

Although the charred corpses looked completely different from their original appearance, Qin Bai had already guessed that these charred corpses in front of him were the villagers from the daytime.

He couldn't understand why they were human during the day and charred corpses at night.

But just by looking at their behavior at night, you can tell they have a lot of problems.

Seeing that Qin Bai still hadn't turned off the lights, the charred corpse became furious: "If you don't turn off the lights, I'll kill them all in a minute!"

"Really? Then go ahead and do it."

Qin Bai looked completely casual.

The other person was taken aback, and hesitated for a moment: "You... want me to do it? Aren't you their boss?"

“I am good at leading them, but that doesn’t mean I would do things I wouldn’t want to do for their lives.”

The other party fell silent, seemingly surprised that there was someone like Qin Bai in the world.

"They've had the worst luck of their lives to follow you."

The charred corpse let out a sneer.

"You seem to have misunderstood something. You're the one who captured them and used them to threaten me. Why do I seem to be the bad guy? You guys are not doing a very good job as the bad guy."

Qin Bai's lips curled into a half-smile.

The charred corpse choked, after all, Qin Bai's words did make sense.

"As long as you surrender, I can guarantee their safety."

I disagree.

"Could you turn off the light?"

"I'm afraid of the dark."

"I……"

The charred corpse was rendered powerless by Qin Bai. How could there be such a shameless person in the world?

That's what he said, but Qin Bai was secretly observing the surrounding situation.

At first, he genuinely believed that the charred corpses had captured everyone, but upon closer inspection, something seemed amiss.

There were nearly a hundred people; even if they were piled up together, they would be very tall.

He just checked several houses, and they were all empty. So where were those people taken?

Or is this not the village he remembers, but another place?

Before, he might not have had such thoughts, but after what happened in the arena, he had realized it.

This world has become incredibly unfamiliar; nothing should surprise us now.

Just then, Qin Bai suddenly said, "If I'm not mistaken, this isn't a real village, is it?"

The charred corpse was shocked inside, but on the surface it laughed: "Are you crazy to say such a thing?"

“In reality, charred corpses have no intelligence and cannot communicate, but in the non-real world, you charred corpses have intelligence and can communicate. Am I wrong?”

"Or are you just stalling for time so that I can't actually go back?"

"Then I can only say that you are too naive."

As soon as he finished speaking, a layer of ice covered the longsword in Qin Bai's hand. He had directly used his ice-type ability, and then...

"cut!"

His broadsword slashed fiercely at the charred corpse, and with a scream, Qin Bai suddenly opened his eyes; he had woken up from his bed.